Improvement in combining a rocking-chair and fan



C. HORST. ROGKING CHAIR AND FAN.

No. 5,231. l vPaznted Aug.`7, 1847. y

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

vCHARLES- HORST, OE NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA;

IMPROVEMENT-IN COMBINING A ROGKlNG-CHAIR AND FAN.

Specification foi-ming part of .Leiters raient No. 5.231, dated August 7, 1841,.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES HORST, of the city of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful piece of furniture, formed by the combination of a rockingchair and fau; 'and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of itsl construction and operation, refer,- ence being had to the accompanying drawings, making apart of this specification, inwhich Figure l is a central vertical section and Fig. 2 is a perspective view.

Similar letters refer to corresponding parts in both figures.

The nature of my invention consists in coinbinng -a fan with a `rocking-chair in such a manner that a person seated in the chair .can operate the fan by Simply vibrating'thechair back and forth upon its rockers, and can thereby,with a very slight exertion, agitate the air to any extent that comfort may require.

The rocking-chair A, constructed of theusual form and proportions, is placed upon and confined to aplatform,0, inthe following manner: Ou each yslide of the platform there are secured the guiding-platesg g, between which the rockers of the chair are placed, and are thus prevented from lateral movement. The chair is prevented from slipping to the front or rear while subjected to a rockingl motion by means of the vibrating plates n. a, which confine the rockers to the platform, their inner ends being secured to the inner sides of the rockers a short distance in front of thecenters ofthe same by joint-pins, and their outer ends to the short standards tt, placed near each endv of the j guiding-plates g g. There are slots 'in the vi- -brating plates n n, through which the jointpins pass that secure them tothe rockers, thereby permitting sufficient play of the inner ends of the-vibrating plates on the joint-pins for the chair to be freely vibrated on its rockers. .At-

the rear end of the platform C there isbolted a standard, B, rising at the rear of the rocking-chair. -The standard B rises vertically av distance equal to the height of the seat of the chair. It then curves a short distance to the rear, and then, curving upward and forward over the back of the chair, extends to a point directly over the center of the front end of the'y platform. From its base to D the standard may be solid or tubular. At D it is divided into the two curved parallel plates F F,which extend forward over'gthe platform and terminate in the circular `ll'l'e'ads E E. The curve of the plates F Fis the arc of acircle, the radius of which, extended from their centers, would pass through the center of the seat of the chair.- Ourved slots p p are vformed opposite to each other in the heads E E. Between the heads E E thereis .placed a grooved pulley, k, secured to the same by its axle s.' Pins projectv from the pulley 7a through the slots p p, to the extremities of which are secured the arms orholders w-w, to which the fan l is attached.

The back of the chair is connected to the fan l and imparts motion to it, when the chair is vibrated, as follows: A regulating-screw, 5,' passes from between theback ends ofthe plates F F to the rear out through anaperture inthe standard B. h isa grooved pulley securedin a .mortise in the front end of the regulatingscrew t. f is a band passing around andoonnecting the pulleys h and-k. m `is an attachment made fast to the top of the back ,of the' vrocking-chair, the upper portion of "which" is inthe forml of a lyre, and embraces the curved standard-plates F F. o ais the cap-piece of the attachment m, to the center of which is se-l cured the vertical tube b, descending between the' plates FF. Abolt, d, passes upthrough the tube b, to the top of which is screwed the nut c. eis an eyejat the lower end of the bolt d, to' which the ends 0f the band f are made fast. j is a nut on the regulating-screw 'i for tightening the band f;v g g are friction-rollers just in the rear of the pulley k, between which the band f passes, and is thus caused to embrace a larger portion of the pulley k. The fan Z is so arranged that it stands vertically over the heads EE whenthe chair stands inanaturalposition. When the person vseated in. the chair throws himself and the chair forward, the forward movement of the attachment m acting on the bandf causes the pulleyk to revolve,

throwing the fan forward and under the heads E E, lthereby throwing a puff of air to the rear into the face of the person seated in the chair,

imparting a refreshing coolness, and atthe same timeA dispelling those horriblepests of the' south, mosquitoes. thrown back, the fan is elevated again, and thus the operation of rendering ones self comfortable in a hot and sultry climate is continued by the pleasant recreation of rocking ones self in a chair.

When the chairy is The standard B may be constructed with an What I claim as my invention, and'desire to adjustable hinge at D, if deemed expedient, or secure by Letters Patent, is-

maybe varied in any other particular that convenience may require in its construction and in the-manner of securing the standard to the platform. The fan also i may` be placed in a di'erent location, or more than one fan may be made use of, if thought advisable.

My invention consists in the combination of a rocking-chair and fan in such a manner that the movement of the chair upon its rockers will operate the fan.

The combination of a rocking-chair and fan in such a manner that the movement of the chair upon its rockers willV operate the fan, substantially as herein set forth.

CHAS. HORST.

Witnesses: 4

H. RARESHIDE, RoB'r. KELLETT. 

